Financial Incentives for Live Search Data

InfoWorldMike writes "In an apparent attempt to boost its disappointing Web search market share, Microsoft will give 'service or training credits' to companies that will share employees' Live Search usage data. The program is being tested with 'a select number of enterprise customers based on the number of Web search queries conducted by their employees via Live Search,' Microsoft said in a statement late on Thursday. The move prompts InfoWord's ed-in-chief to ask: Is Office Live Microsoft's gateway drug?"

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yeah

[User 956]

In an apparent attempt to boost its disappointing Web search market share, Microsoft will give 'service or training credits' to companies that will share employees' Live Search usage data.

Screw training credits. There was an email going around that said Bill Gates had some intertron email tracking system and he was giving out cash money, and all you had to do was forward the email to all of your friends. Seriously.

not gonna happen

[Mean Ass Troll]

how many people use msn? it cant be 10% usually when google doesnt find anything, I just rephrase the terms. dont ever remember thinking "i bet msn has it"

besides you really want msn tracking you?

and for what? credits? might as well be free skee ball coupons

Re:not gonna happen

[Jedi Alec]

Yeah, sorry Bill, but it seems 90% of the searches conducted from within our company relate to sorting out Windows problems. A very common one seems to be "how do i get rid of this msn crap?". "internet explorer crash" seems to be quite popular as well.